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Embedded Development

Xilinx and its Alliance Members deliver embedded tools and runtime environments designed to enable you to efficiently and quickly move from concept to release. We provide you with all the components needed to create your embedded system using Xilinx Zynq® SoC and MPSoC devices, and MicroBlaze™ processor cores, including tools for profiling and debug, open source and bare metal drivers, and multiple runtime & Multi-OS environments.

Out of the box support for advanced features such as security and virtualization software drivers built on our unique Zynq SoC's and MPSoC devices enables you to develop smarter, connected, and differentiated systems.

Development Environments

The Xilinx Software Development Kit (SDK), SDSoC™ development environment, and Ecosystem Partner tools offer a wide choice of development environments that enable SoC-like C/C++ programming of the Zynq and MPSoC platforms.

Ecosystem Software Development and Tools

Xilinx and its ecosystem of Alliance Members provides customers with multiple software options including Linux, Real Time Operating System (RTOS), bare-metal, and even hypervisors and TrustZone-enabled solutions for safety and security. The tables below summarize the Xilinx software ecosystem within three main categories: Linux, Real-time Operating Systems, and Hypervisors and AMP.

Linux

Linux is the most prevalent operating system used by Xilinx products. Xilinx provides the PetaLinux tools for a turn-key Linux development environment, as well as source code and Yocto recipe files from our GIT so that Linux support for Xilinx silicon can be supported by in-house build systems or 3rd party tools.

Hardware and Virtual Development Platforms

Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms include all the hardware, tools, IP, cables and power supplies necessary for an immediate start of system design, software and firmware development, and hardware design.

The Zynq-7000 SoC Virtual Platform, created by Cadence®, complements traditional hardware-based work flows by hardware-independent software development on operating system ports, device drivers, Board Support Packages (BSP), and applications. The Cadence virtual platform is best for development and debug of a multicore operating system or application code, device drivers, Board Support Packages, and where models of custom programmable logic IP or on-board devices are desired.

The Vista™ Virtual Prototyping kit for Zynq-7000 provides an early accurate functional model of the hardware to software engineers even before the hardware is available. It can run software on embedded processor models at speeds on-par with actual hardware.

Included with the PetaLinux tools is an Open Source QEMU model supporting both Zynq-7000 SoC processing subsystem and MicroBlaze devices.

Open Source Resources

Xilinx products are supported by comprehensive set of open source resources to develop, boot, run, debug and maintain your Linux based application for a Xilinx SoC or emulation platform. We offer example applications, Kernel configurations, Yocto recipes, Multiprocessing and Real-time solutions, device drivers and Linux open source developer will find familiar sources, tools, and support forums to learn, develop and interact with others of like interests, needs and passion.

Emulation Models and Drivers

Real Time Linux

Emulation Models and Drivers

Xilinx offers designers a full suite of training and support options for their Zynq® and MPSoC applications to include design methodologies, video tutorials, developer's forums, Wiki, on-line-support, design services, FAQs and Blogs to insure the your application gets to market on time.